No-Knead Overnight Parmesan Herb Foccacia

The dough for this soft, authentic Parmesan herb foccacia is made the night before and no kneading required! You won't believe how much amazing flavor develops in the dough overnight.

Prep Time10minutes

Cook Time25minutes

Total Time35minutes

Servings8servings

Ingredients

4cups (500 g)bread flour

3teaspoonssalt

1teaspoonactive dry yeast

12ozwater

2tablespoonsolive oil, divided

1clovegarlic, minced

1tablespoonminced fresh thyme

1tablespoonminced fresh rosemary

1/3cupgrated Parmesan

Kosher salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, and yeast. Drizzle in water and stir dough with a wooden spoon until a slightly-sticky dough forms. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let sit at room temperature overnight or 18-24 hours.

The next day, preheat oven to 425F. Lightly grease a cast-iron skillet with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Punch risen dough down and gently gather into a smooth ball and pat into greased skillet. Cover skillet with plastic wrap and let rise 30 minutes.

While dough rises, heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Saute garlic in olive oil 1 minute or until fragrant. Remove from heat and stir in thyme and rosemary.

Once dough has risen, lightly drizzle with olive oil mixture then use your fingers to make little indentations all over top. Sprinkle top with grated Parmesan and salt and pepper to taste

This bread definitely looks life-changing! I just want to dive right into that skillet. I can never resist focaccia bread, but when it’s studded with herbs, watch out…I’m going to eat it ALL! 🙂 And I love that this is no-knead, too. Can’t wait to try this out!

Focaccia bread is one of the only breads that I make fairly regularly — we absolutely love it! I don’t bake yeast bread a whole lot because of that kneading thing so this solves that problem! This looks delicious Sarah!

Yeast breads usually totally intimidate me, but I love how this is prepped overnight! So much simpler especially when preparing the other meal components or when you have guests. Quick question: is one teaspoon of active dried yeast equal to 1 packet?

Hey Brittany! One packet of yeast = 2-1/4 teaspoons so it’s a little less than half of a packet. All-purpose could definitely be subbed, however, I prefer to use bread flour because it has higher gluten and protein content and results in a better-rising bread. Let me know if you have any other questions!